Activists and residents push Illinois to impose diesel pollution limits exceeding national standards

Pilsen resident Lili Scales lives near the Stevenson Expressway, in a neighborhood she describes as “blighted” by diesel pollution from heavy-duty trucks. When she walks to her local coffee shop, she smells the exhaust. When she takes her son to the park, they breathe the acrid fumes. “We’re…

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